surprise

Example Sentences

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"I'm glad it wasn't. It was a lovely surprise."

From BBC

Smith is from Houghton-le-Spring, a town just outside Sunderland, and is a lifelong Black Cats fan who is enjoying seeing his side emerge as this season's surprise package.

From BBC

He was surprised to find no computer in the CEO’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dozens of countries and organisations, such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the African Union, have also condemned Israel's surprise declaration.

From BBC

What was most surprising was that the treatment didn’t merely prevent the disease in mice that hadn’t yet developed, it but also reversed the damage among those that did.

From MarketWatch